ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Lawmakers in Maryland have voted to protect local funding for the contraceptive and abortion giant Planned Parenthood in the event that Congress federally defunds the organization.

Republican Gov. Larry Hogan decided not to veto H.B. 1083, but would not sign the bill either, allowing it to simply become law by his inaction.

“The Department [of Health] shall, to the extent permitted, subject to the limitations of the State budget … ensure access to and the continuity of services provided by family planning providers that were family planning providers in the program as of December 31, 2016, and were discontinued as recipients of federal funding under federal law or regulation because of the scope of services offered by the provider …,” the bill reads in part.

According to the Baltimore Sun, the legislation would provide an estimated $2.7 million for the nine state chapters of Planned Parenthood should Congress defund the organization.

“If the federal government eliminates Planned Parenthood, someone’s going to have to step up and it might have to be the state,” Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller said.

But Maryland Right to Life had organized a letter-writing campaign to urge lawmakers not to fund those that kill unborn children.

“Stop legislation to fund Planned Parenthood—the largest provider of abortions in Maryland and in the United States with over 300,000 abortions performed annually. Abortion deliberately kills by violent means, a genetically unique innocent human life whose heart is beating 18 days after fertilization,” the template correspondence read in part.

Nonetheless, the bill passed the House 90-54 and the Senate 32-15. Because Hogan chose not to veto the legislation, it will go into effect July 1.

Planned Parenthood of Maryland President Karen Nelson cheered the development.

“It’s incumbent on all of us to keep up the fight for women. No state should have to step in to fulfill the federal government’s responsibility to ensure everyone has access to care,” she said.

As previously reported, according to the organization’s annual report, Planned Parenthood performed 323,999 abortions nationwide during the 2014-2015 fiscal year. The figure accounts for at least one-third of all abortions nationwide, when compared to statistics released in November by the Centers for Disease Control.

Planned Parenthood does not provide mammograms as it is not licensed to operate mammogram machines, and its annual report outlined that fewer than 700,000 women received services surrounding cervical cancer screenings (pap smears for women who have been sexually active), equating to just seven percent of its services, while STD testing and contraceptives accounted for 76 percent of its services.

Planned Parenthood has not released its 2015-2016 report for unknown reasons, which has raised questions and red flags for some pro-life groups.

In February, thousands of women nationwide took to the streets to call for the defunding of the organization.

“They do not have mammograms. They do not provide prenatal care. They do not provide pediatric care, so it is not comprehensive healthcare for women,” participant Delia Laux of Virginia told reporters. “Planned Parenthood will say, ‘We’re not using that money for abortion. We’re using it for other services.’ The fact is money is fungible.”

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nineleven

President Trump is probably America’s last chance at a federal level, of rolling back the abortion mill. We need to continue to pray for him for success and not to derailed by the wicked and lawless who are attempting keep him from doing what he promised. This would include if necessary, not listening to even his own family members that have more liberal perspectives.

tatoo

Maryland, and many other states, recognize how important Planned Parenthood is. It is a pity that so many do not see the good PP does, but are only short-sighted because of Jesus.

First of all, anfetus is not a child. Secondly,nPP does not use federal funds for abortions. They do that with donations which they receive from people like me. Thirdly, if you had a child with a genetic disease like my cousin had, which was painful to the child and could not live, you would want to abort another is you found out the child had the same.

Amos Moses

“First of all, anfetus is not a child. ”

where is your EVIDENCE ….. YOU GOT NONE ………..

“Secondly,nPP does not use federal funds for abortions”

So what ….. they kill CHILDREN ………

“Thirdly, if you had a child with a genetic disease like my cousin had, which was painful to the child and could not live, you would want to abort another is you found out the child had the same.”

EMOTIONAL PLEA ………. worthless ………. FAIL …….. try again ………

Scotty Unchained

Obviously you have no conscience.

XB99Z

Projection 101.

Jason Todd

Wait. What?

Balerion

On this site alone you can find people who apparently haven’t developed past the fetal stage. Though I’m not going to name names.

Jason Todd

First of all, anfetus is not a child.

First of all, to question an unborn child’s humanity in the face of such technology as GE’s 4-D ultrasound means you are completely full of it.

Jason Todd

Here is a comprehensive list of all the good Planned Parenthood does:

Luminous

Protect the killing facilities, by all means. This is a strange way of virtue signaling.

XB99Z

A woman has rights over her body, not religious people throwing stones. Abortion is here to stay and will never be taken away.

Slavery was legal too, and people claimed it would never end.
It did. They were wrong. Good people will always rise up to resist evil.

Chris

Funny you should mention slavery. Fundamentalist Christians were the ones supporting slavery. They supported it with LOTS of quotes from the bible. It was the liberal Christians [you know. The ones the fundie Christians look down on and dismiss as not true Christians] who opposed slavery along with secular philosophers.

BuckeyePhysicist

Um, abortion is about someone else’s body.

CharlesMaglaughlin

Correct…different DNA, 50% of the time different sex, forms its own umbilical chord. Decades ago even many state supreme courts recognized the unborn as it’s own PERSON! Even Faye Wattleton, a Planned Parenthood, NARAL proponent, years ago on a Phil Donahue program, admitted, “of course it’s a person.”

Stinger

If Planned Parenthood isn’t evil, nothing is evil.

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